Bodega DreamsWilliam Irizzari has reinvented himself as Willie Bodega, a drug lord who plans to use his money to buy and renovate his areas comdemned buildings. Told by Chino, a young graffiti artist, this is the story of whether hope and loyalty can survive in a world of crime. |
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... seemed as important as a cabinet crisis . We'd always talk about graduating and saving up to buy a house . About children who looked like me and slept like her . With Blanca next to me , El Barrio seemed less dirty , life less hard ...
... seemed as important as a cabinet crisis . We'd always talk about graduating and saving up to buy a house . About children who looked like me and slept like her . With Blanca next to me , El Barrio seemed less dirty , life less hard ...
Page 13
... seemed as important as a cabinet crisis . We'd always talk about graduating and saving up to buy a house . About children who looked like me and slept like her . With Blanca next to me , El Barrio seemed less dirty , life less hard ...
... seemed as important as a cabinet crisis . We'd always talk about graduating and saving up to buy a house . About children who looked like me and slept like her . With Blanca next to me , El Barrio seemed less dirty , life less hard ...
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... seemed fertile , and love at last seemed attainable . And so the wake was held at that spot . Puerto Ricans and Latinos from all five boroughs came to pay their respects . The line snaked across 109th to Fifth where it turned downtown ...
... seemed fertile , and love at last seemed attainable . And so the wake was held at that spot . Puerto Ricans and Latinos from all five boroughs came to pay their respects . The line snaked across 109th to Fifth where it turned downtown ...
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